Instant Oatmeal: Not Just For Breakfast Anymore

We can all appreciate how easy instant oatmeal is for a quick and healthy breakfast. With the many distinctive flavors and low sugar varieties, there is certain to be a choice that tickles all different taste buds. And, with some quick investigation into various recipes, it is a pleasant surprise to find that there is much more to instant oatmeal than meets the bowl.

There are many recipes which incorporate instant oatmeal into the ingredients. These recipes include muffins, cookies, crisps, and crumbles. Instant oatmeal can also be used to make mouthwatering oatmeal bread, or it can be [...]

Never Underestimate The Power Of The Leftover

There’s more to leftovers than reheating and repeating. Leftovers hold the promise of an exciting second meal.

That last bit of spaghetti sauce has new life when spread on toasted Italian bread, topped with mozzarella and a snip of fresh basil, and broiled to bubbly perfection.

Rice, with a bit of chopped up leftover meat and veggies, becomes fried rice. All you need to effect the transformation are a bit of oil and soy sauce and an egg. For a change of pace, make porridge. Add broth to a [...]

Ramen Noodles: So Simple Yet So Versatile

During your college days is when you probably became really familiar with Ramen Noodles. Those little packs of dehydrated pasta and the perfect seasoning packet, all for a few cents, quickly become most students’ best friends. Although they can be eaten as the directions suggests, they are far more versatile. Following are some simple and taste ways anyone can prepare and eat Ramen Noodles.

Ramen Noodle “Popcorn”

Take one package of your favorite flavor and crunch up the pasta into small bits [...]

Calzones Make The Perfect Stuffed Bread meal

Pant Legs make the perfect stuffed bread mealok, not really PANT LEGS, but “Calzone” translated means pant legs in Italian! Calzones originated in Naples and they’re basically a stuffed pizza that looks like a large turnover.

While traditionally Italian, fillings are only as limited as your palate. Any pizza topping or sandwich filling is perfect as a calzone. Here’s a favorite recipe for a sandwich-turned-calzone, delish served with an Irish lager, stout or ale:

Rueben Calzone (serves 2)

1 8 oz pkg refrigerated or homemade pizza [...]